Super Nintendo World (and the rest of the amazing Universal Studios Japan park) Really enjoyed it, well-made and all-round lovely. Be prepared for queues, it’s worth buying the most expensive express pass to get Mario Kart and Donkey Kong minecart rides priority.

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

A Tribute To Allan Scarff, The Unsung Genius Who Tempted Nintendo's President To Pick Up A Joypad www.timeextension.com/news/2020/12...

SNES vibes of Kevin Bayliss and David Wise.

Dutch late night TV has its take

The Last Ninja! Incredible that Mark Cale from System 3 will be coming to the convention Retrogathering in Sweden on Sep 27 (Jeff Minter is also a guest of honor!).

Tiger Heli (Atari 7800) Toaplan classic shoot ’em up in new port to old console.

Old Japanese Super Mario Bros playing cards.

Second half of the 80's and early 90's, Atari used to give out a dealer of the year award to European retailers at an annual fancy award show. Anyone seen these in real-life or know of the winners? In Sweden, Beckman won 1988, and I believe Datakompaniet won 1989.

Been playing The Last Ninja Collection and it’s very enjoyable. More coverage soon.

Unreleased Famicom game "Tritorn Bloody" purported to be by Xain Soft/Zain Soft the enigmatic maker of ultra hardcore Japanese computer games. I am not sure if they had experience with Famicom dev so I wonder if they were trying to get another company to help with it and contract fell apart?

Back from vacation, cruise with NCL in Greece and Turkey. They had a couple of classic arcade games in the boat’s sports bar. Got stuck with Galaga.

Virtual Boy for Switch Online Expansion Pack with 14 games, probably the most unexpected announcement.

Time to break out the chart

In Sweden in 1993, this was a real Sonic promo poster. In the end, Sega went for less edgy taglines, but the fact that they thought it was a good idea, really has that early 90s Sega quality.

Part of the great story written by @martinlindell.bsky.social on Sega in Sweden martinlindell.com/2019/11/24/s...

Rest in peace Kagayama-san, composer of the Gimmick soundtrack.

Happy 30th Anniversary Rayman! 🍤🍆👟 Special Thanks to @sodadogkarbonated.bsky.social for doing the Background! #art #artwork #rayman #bringbackrayman #anniversary #ubisoft #fanart #smallartist #ArtistOnBluesky

Today is day 1 of Pax West 2025. We are excited for you to visit us in booth 317 and try HANDS ON DEMOS for R-Type Delta, Mamorukun, Rushing Beat X and Truxton. Don't forget to get your free fan and finish our stamp rally to collect your exclusive art card pack! #paxwest2025

Didn’t see that coming. @atari acquires five games from Ubisoft. - Cold Fear - I Am Alive - Child of Eden - Grow Home - Grow Up www.gamesmarket.global/business/ip-...

Gamescom retro area: A couple of more random photos with classic consoles and home computers.

Atari at Gamescom. The Atari 2600+ Pac-Man edition and the new Bubsy.

Gamescom: Truxton Extreme, R-Type Delta HD Boosted and He-Man Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction, together with 8BitDo.

Gamescom retro area: Vectrex Mini looked good! Played Minestorm and Spike Will be a Kickstarter.

Gamescom retro area: Legendary composer @chrishuelsbeck.bsky.social returns to R-Type doing songs for the upcoming R-Type Delta HD Boosted.

Clear River Games is @gamescom 2025! Come and say hello! We’re super excited to meet you and chat about the cool things we have planned for the future! See you at our booth! Hall 10.2 #gamescom2025

Gamescom retro area: Black TheC64 Mini and early mold of A1200 full size by Retro Games Ltd and Plaion.

Gamescom retro area: Seki from Happymeal (and ex Cave) showed Final Formation, Masala Drive and the cartridge with names museum.

“It turns out that E3 didn't die, it just moved right here to Germany” quote by @geoffkeighley.bsky.social feels true.

A400 Mini at Gamescom.

He-Man, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and more are coming to a brand-new hack ‘n slash ‘n magic adventure! Battle across Eternia in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction!

Mark Cale, founder of System 3, is the guest of honor at Retrogathering, the Swedish retro game convention in Västerås on Sep 27. Founded in 1982, System 3 is one of the oldest still running studios. Known for The Last Ninja and IK+. www.retrogathering.se?page_id=5348

Review: Tiger-Heli (Atari 7800) - There Are Better Ways To Play, But That's Hardly The Point.

Settlers 2 Gold in an official Amiga release. Would be nice with an English SKU. oldschoolgameblog.com/2025/08/13/t...

The headline of 1987: Atari and Commodore fights. Given how good and relatively cheap ST and Amiga were, they still got stuck between consoles taking market shares on one side and not being professional (and flexible/open) enough vs PC on the other side.

‘Battlefield 6’ beta has beaten Call of Duty's all-time player count record on Steam 🎮 • COD’s peak — 491,670 players • Battlefield 6’s peak — 500K+ players

Retrogathering, Sweden’s oldest retro game convention with the annual championship in Pong, returns on September 27.

Nintendo’s tradition of summer illustrations continues.

What was the first English-language review of Metroid, I hear you ask? Steve Harris and the USNVGT (who would later go on to create EGM magazine) wrote about the Playchoice-10 version (which arrived just a bit before the NES version) for trade mag Play Meter (May 1987): archive.org/details/play...

I’m celebrating 40 years of Mario with 40 game formats over 40 days, starting today! Our favourite plumber marks his 40th anniversary next month. 🍄 Join me as I count down! Let's-a-go! --- Day 1/40 🎮 NES cartridge 🗓 1980s #SuperMarioBros40Formats #SuperMarioBros40 #MarioMuseum THREAD🧵

What would make me play more Switch 2? Achievements and trophies. The reason I select PS5 and Xbox Series X. Disappointed that Nintendo didn’t make it happen with Switch 2.

New post! It's on Underwurlde, the less revolutionary of Ultimate's pair of games in late 1984. It merely introduced a new mechanic still core to exploration-based platformers today: www.superchartisland.com/underwurlde

Wow! That’s a great @evercade.co.uk cart. Sabre Wulf, Battletoads (arcade!), Cobra Triangle, RC Pro Am. evercade.co.uk/cartridges/r...

Last Ninja Collection is now wishlistable on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3501570/... #ninja #lastninja #c64 #amiga #indiegames #retro

Terranigma is a perfect video game

I have added a new section to my website: a gallery of company logos with the names of their respective designers. vgdensetsu.net/companylogog...

First showing of Atari Lynx in Sweden happened at a hobby fair in Gothenburg during the Easter of 1990. The distributor HK Electronics exhibited and sold Lynx units on site. Photo from Svenska Hemdatornytt nr. 4/1990. Updated my Swedish Lynx article: martinlindell.com/2024/12/22/a...

Truxton Extreme pop-up in Japan. Hope some of the items can be available worldwide eventually…

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